The list of 599 additives in a cigarette

[jetdawgg]

The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human Services in April of 1994, this list of ingredients had long been kept a secret.

Tobacco companies reporting this information were:

American Tobacco Company
Brown and Williamson
Liggett Group, Inc.
Philip Morris Inc.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

While these ingredients are approved as additives for foods, they were not tested by burning them, and it is the burning of many of these substances which changes their properties, often for the worse. Over 4000 chemical compounds are created by burning a cigarette, many of which are toxic and/or carcinogenic. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen cyanide and ammonia are all present in cigarette smoke. Forty-three known carcinogens are in mainstream smoke, sidestream smoke, or both.

It's chilling to think about not only how smokers poison themselves, but what others are exposed to by breathing in the secondhand smoke. The next time you're missing your old buddy, the cigarette, take a good long look at this list and see them for what they are: a delivery system for toxic chemicals and carcinogens.

Cigarettes offer people only a multitude of smoking-related diseases and ultimately death.

http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nico...ngredients.htm

[Pete0331]

Yeah, it's no secret that cigarettes are bad for you.

[SlingerDun]

Damn! no wonder i felt deprived of feed and packed on weight when i quit ...

9.5 months tobacco free

--->Dave

[ecfree]

It will be 10 years, New Years day 2010,that I gave it up..
It was hard to do, untill I got the patch..
I still had the urge to light up for about 2 years..
I'm glad I gave it up,I feel better,breath better and even smell better...
This post makes you think,Thank's dawgg...

[DocGreek]

Checked what's in the AIR we breath, LATELY??...Checked what's in the WATER we drink, lately?? OR....what's in all that YUMMY FOOD, we eat??...AND YOU GUY'S ARE WORRIED ABOUT CIGARETTES???

[Kegler300]

That's why I don't smoke cigarettes...I only smoke cigars!

[Rocky C]

That's why I don't smoke cigarettes...I only smoke cigars!

I like a good Montecristo myself

Semper Fi,
Rocky

[Kegler300]

LaFlor Dominicana Double Ligeros here...

[Petz]

and even smell better...

why... 'cause you took showers afterwards? I know it's hard keeping a cigarette lit in the shower... but damn... not taking one just to smoke more... now that was an addiction! hahah

me... Sancho Panza; cabelleros

cheaper (was 2.75 when the first came out a decade ago) and smooth.

[Rocky C]

LaFlor Dominicana Double Ligeros here...

Nice choice .
How about this one?

Gurkha, His Majesty’s Reserve

[ameriken]

The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government

Hmmm, isnt this the same organization that is working on health care reform???

[Petz]

they are approved for use... but they don't limit the number of items off the list.

[bonedaddy0313]

You run headlong into battle, guns blazing, knowing that the devil's afraid you'll take over and your worried about the cigarette ingredients???